“Killer of Sheep” steps into spotlight
A good film shot as a graduate school thesis usually earns an A and a pat on the back. An exceptional one can go on to win the Critics’ Award at the Berlin Film Festival, be listed as one of the National Society of Film Critics’ 100 Essential Films of all time, become one of the first fifty films in the U.S. Library of Congress’ National Film Registry — and still be completely neglected for thirty years.
Graffiti causes hardly a ripple
Ayres: Editorial Cartoon